Randomised controlled trials of immediate weight-bearing mobilisation for rupture of the tendo Achillis

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 69-77

  Costa, Matt L ^a   MacMillan, K ^a   Halliday, D ^a   Chester, R ^a   Shepstone, L ^a   Robinson, A H N ^b   Donell, S T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE; ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MOBILIZATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT SELECTION; PLASTER CAST; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; WEIGHT BEARING; WORK RESUMPTION;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; EARLY AMBULATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RUPTURE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SPORTS; TENDON INJURIES; WALKING; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 31144452911     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.88B1.16549     Document Type: Article

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